Kimberly

Kim was diagnosed with AML Leukemia on July 22, 2009, just after she finished high school. She'd been feeling well, just showing a few bruises when she went to Primary Childrens Medical Center for a heart surgery to fix a relatively minor condition she's had since she was born. A blood test before the surgery showed that her blood had been completely taken over by the cancer. They admitted her that day and began treatment right away. She went through five long rounds of chemotherapy, doing relatively well, with the exception of one infection that led to a very scary stay in the Pediatric ICU. She spent almost all of that time in the hospital, with just a few breaks to go home. By the end of March 2010 she was allowed to go home for good- officially in remission! She was so excited to finally go to USU Fall semester, and got strait A's in all of her classes! Psychology, Humanities, Family Finance and ANATOMY. Not a week after finals, at a regular check up at PCMC, her blood tests showed that her cancer was back. And thus began round two- Kim's goal was to make it to a bone marrow transplant. We had found a donor, so all that was left was to get her in remission once more. After three rounds of chemotherapy, her body was no longer strong enough to keep fighting, no matter that her spirit was. She will always be with us. 7:48 pm, March 31, 2011

Monday, August 3, 2009

Weekend Pictures

View from the window

Another view from the window


The view from Kim's bed (the doctors and nurses keep commenting on how popular she is! Thanks everyone! She could use some new mylar balloons soon... :)

Mel, Whitney and Cassie come to visit



Aunt Emily (mom's little sister) and her kids Mauri and Colin come to visit, along with Grandma Marie (Emily's husband, Darin, and our cousin Ashlyn came, too, but both of them were feeling a little sick, so they didn't come in the room.)

Kim and Grandma


Our cousin Heather and her husband Tom, and children Felicity, Melody and Toby came to visit and brought Kim some beautiful decorations/treats that she and our other cousin, Des, made.



The rash on Kim's back. (She did give permission for this photo! Just wanted you to see that she really is covered with it... so far, it's been a bigger problem for her than anything else!)

Checking out her new Johnny Depp magazine
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